Formula Grant DEGD0000488

The Department of Energy awarded a $651,392 Formula Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program to the Tule River Indian Tribal Council. The grant, titled "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) - Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid Formula Grants to States and Indian Tribes", aims to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events in Porterville, California. The award period runs from July 2024...

The federal Formula Grant award of $329,757 was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) grant program. The objective of this award is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska located in Macy, Nebraska. The funding will support a range of activities to maintain and upgrade generation facilities, enhance transmission and distribution systems, prevent power...

The Burns Paiute Tribe was awarded a $336,437 Formula Grant under the Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) program. The objective of this 8-year award, with a completion date of April 30, 2032, is to improve the resilience of the electric grid against disruptive events in Burns, OR. As a federally recognized Native American tribe, the Burns Paiute Tribe will leverage this funding to support a range of initiatives focused on maintaining and...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $99,000,000 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) to Gridunity, Inc. The objective of this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) project is to accelerate the clean energy transition and required grid investments by reducing the time it takes to review, approve, and commission new generation interconnections across the United States. Gridunity will create a replicable, extensible, and scalable software...

The Department of Energy has awarded Veir Inc. a $60,413,539 Project Grant under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The grant, with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will support the ACCESS CLEAN ENERGY WITH SUPERCONDUCTORS (ACES) project. The project aims to modernize and enhance the U.S. electric grid infrastructure through strategic investments in superconductor technology,...

The Department of Energy has awarded a $91,563,198 Project Grant to Puget Sound Energy Inc. under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254). The grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, with a completion date of December 31, 2029, will fund the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Skagit River Valley Transformation for Climate Resiliency" project. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Employing "strategic undergrounding"...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Research Service awarded a $589,864 Project Grant to Blacks Fork Timber Products, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance program (CFDA 10.725). The grant provides financial assistance to the awardee for the "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WOOD PRODUCTS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BYPRODUCTS PURCHASERS POLE AND POST INCREASE PROJECT" to be...

This $16,916,232 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (CFDA 81.254) will enable the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to improve the reliability and resilience of the electric distribution grid in Omaha, Nebraska. The key objectives of this 3-year project, running from October 2025 to September 2028, are to: 1) Replace underground cables, 2) Replace overhead conductors, and 3) Install communicating line...

The Department of Energy awarded a $368,650,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) on October 1, 2025 under the Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience (CFDA 81.254) federal grant program. The objective of this award is to improve the resilience and stabilization of the Puerto Rican electric grid by addressing critical vulnerabilities across generation, transmission, and distribution systems through key emergency activities. The award focuses on...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Grid Deployment Office has awarded an $8,787,400 Project Grant to the State of Illinois, through its Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) and Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), to streamline transmission line siting review and approval processes in Illinois. The 2-year initiative, which began on January 1, 2025, aims to upgrade ICC and IDNR review and baseline data points for the $1.4 billion, 380-mile MISO Long-Range Transmission Planning (LRTP)...